Length of a Spiral: More Parametric Mystery

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Find the length of the spiral from t=0 to t=4.

x=tcos(pi*t)
y=tsin(pi*t)

So far I decided to get dx and dy. So dx=cos(pi*t)+t*pi*sin(pi*t) and dy=sin(pi*t)-t*pi*cos(pi*t). Then I tried to integrate from 0 to 4 the following: sqrt(1+(dy/dx)^2). Then I'm stuck, since that doesn't seem to be the right equation to be integrated...
 
\(\displaystyle \L l = \int\limits_0^4 {\sqrt {\left[ {x'(t)} \right]^2 + \left[ {y'(t)} \right]^2 } dt}\)
 
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